I’ve been on Reddit for over a decade. But I’m done with that site and want to do something else. What do normal people look at on their phones? Is it all social media? Streaming?
I’ll second the idea that more than a few minutes of tiktok, YouTube shorts or Instagram reels is debilitating.
I check the weather, use my calendar, listen to podcasts, take notes, use the camera and occasionally browse lemmy while on a toilet like now
youtube, texting videos
I watch stuff on libretube…But I’m not normal.
Lots of people are on TikTok and Instagram.
I on the other hand stare at the nearest wall.
I get the busy train to work every day and can confirm this statement. Everyone on Thier phones is either scrolling an app with pics/vids or messaging someone.
The few left look at a wall, no other category
Pleased to meet you, fellow wallwatcher.
After quitting Facebook and Instagram, I spend a lot more time reading books on my phone. I have found two apps to read and listen to free books through my library.
I am certainly not normal, but I either go on Lemmy through Voyager, or play geometry dash. I also sometimes read books with Librera.
Normal people seem to look at a lot of social media, yes. Instagram, tiktok, whatever. Some people also have a lot of group chats.
Some people read. Your library probably offers free ebooks. Comics, too, when I want something even simpler.
Wikipedia rabbit holes
If you really want to detox, then put the phone down. Order some magazines, read some books, talk to some people. I did that for 6 months when I was completely overwhelmed and my entire psyche changed. But I eventually craved the interaction, so here I am.
Please define “normal people”. ;)
Around me I see people watching the videos that just keep coming. Next video before you even had time to form a thought about the last one. I don’t think you should follow their example.
It’s weird! I sometimes look at teenagers browsing their phones on the grocery line and they’re doing a ton of stuff while not actually doing anything. It’s like they simply cant stand there alone with their thoughts for two minutes but need to just start opening random apps, scroll few times, switch to another app, like something, move again…
Tiktok has completely destroyed the attention span of people.
If I don’t distract, the demons rise up out of my subconscious and start chewing on my psyche. melancholy, ennui and existential dread follow leading to depression and suicidal ideation. Radical behavior, poor life choices are followed by death and a big mess reported on national news.
So…harm reduction!
This was what people said about channel hopping back in the day.
This time the content is just made for people to channel hop at a faster rate.
It’s absolutely terrifying how much content is pushed into their eyeballs so quickly. I think about how overwhelmed I was with Reddit, and even here sometimes, and this is a pretty slow feed that I get to control. Control. Having constant video shoved into my eyes- I just don’t think that can be healthy
A duck!
TikTok, unfortunately.
Probably social media like Facebook, Instagram, … Or video sharing sites like TikTok (yuck!) and YouTube.
You object to only one of those four?
+1 for YouTube and TikTok
